Measuring device for fluid-tanks.



STEEH'EN TACTKIAN,

F NEW YGRK, N. Y.

MEASURNG )DEVICE FOR FLUIDjANKS.

new and useful improvements in Measuring i like.

Devices for Fluid-Tanks, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention comprises more particularly a means for measuring the amount of liquid discharged into a tank or receptacle by the flow of the liquid into the receptacle.

The invention has for an object the provi!- sion cfa device of this nature of simple construction and few operating parts, and one which may be easily combined with or embodied in a desired tank or receptacle, such 'for instance as the gasolene tank ci an automobile. A

For further comprehension of the invention, and or" the objects and advantages thereon'reference will be had to the follow ing description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim, in which the novel 'features of 'the invention are more particularly set forth.

ln the accompanying drawings, to the precise form of which do not limit myself*i.7igure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a liquid tank or receptacle, having my invention applied thereto; this View be ing taken on the line l-l of Fig. 2. Fig 2 is a transverse section on the line lI-L of Fig. i. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line lll-lli of Fig. 2. Fig. 4t is a detail sectional vieiv of a modification.

ln Figs, l to 3 my invention is shown incorporated in a tank A, such as the fuel tank of an automobile, motor boat or the This tanlifas here shown, is divided into upper and lower sections by a horizontal partition-?. the lower section 3 forming 'the main receptacle for the motor "fuel, generally gasolene. Extending between the i 9. and the roo Ll of the tank, are a tical "-.vuils or partitions 5 and 6, i the upper section into a central compartment 3, and side compartments 8 and 9 respectivelyn The central compart nient 7 is adapted to have the i'iuid measuring device B mounted therein. The side y compartments 8 and 9 may be used res ectively to contain a lubricating 'duid an an auxiliary supply of motor fuel.

ln the present embodiment of the invention, the measurinf cevice com rises a Wheel Specification of Letters Patent. Pgatmlgied Jim@ 11 1318,

applicants alec :mae ai, 1ere. i

Serial No. 104,832.

. y l5 rotatably mounted in the bearings 16 on the walls 5 and 6. This wheel has on its periphery, a series of cups 17 disposed ap-` proximately tangentially to the Wheel so as to open upward on one side of the wheel, and downward on the opposite side;v as shown. This Wheel is closely inclosed by a cylindrical housing `2O, the upper side of which communicates by a tube or passage 2l with a screened opening 22 in the roof 4t ot' the tank, While a filling funnel 23, closed by a removable cap 24, may be provided above the opening 22. lA s shown in Fig. 2 the tube 2l communicates With the Wheel l5 to that side of the vertical plane of the axis of the Wheel on which the cups are upturned.

Extending downwardly from the bottom of the `housing 20, is -a tube 25, which passes through the horizontal partition 2, to provide a discharge passage from the Wheel l5 to the receptacle 3.

through which they indicators 82 maybe.

seen. This indicating device may be operatively connected to the wheel by any suitable means, as the interineshing 'gears 33 and 34 fixed respectively on the indicating device` and Wheel. lVhile l have shown here a cupped vvheei for measuring the lioW of liquid, other means, such for instance as a displacement piston6 may be provided and suitably connected to the indicator.

The operation of my improved Huid measuring device will be readily understood from the foreging description. The liquid is poured in through the opening 22, and passes through the passage 21 to the cups l? which are successively brought into juxtaposition beneath the mouth of thepassage as the Wheel revolves under the weight of the liquid. The liquid is discharged successively from the. cups through the tube 25 into the receptacle 3, the measuring wheel, in eii'ect, constituting a portion of the inlet passage to the receptacle. The capacity of the cups being known., the amount of liquid. that flows into the receptacle v3 can be measured by the number of revolutions made by the Wheel., the indicating device being arranged to indicate the volume or` fluid, ac

`sordina; to any standard cubicime'asure.

n sim device iS hm able f. device. puma?, i;

Sun'iviad by a, hoisizonmi part pmtizions ino a iowa? compel middle and and com` WL' i l @lemmi :mi i i, @nu

pmmmiis, the miiie compa'tment having 'l ai' inist and a lower outle dischm'g- @e Enviar compaistmen, a, measurml in th@ middle csmpartment and W' in tim side Wvjiis thereof, a housvifsing the measung Wheei and in 7 isa on with die inkt and the outlet i@ compzwment? and indicating mschmiisii zispsed in. the midle compartin ftestimony Whaeof, affix my s1gnatum, in. 'die presence 0I `Nvo Witnesses.

STEPHEN TACTMANQ E; Koiii'ofa, TERHUNE. 

